040-46 Wyo. Code R. § 46-2
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) "Artificial Flies and Lures" means manmade flies and lures. Artificial lures are single devices regardless of the number of hooks, including spoons, spinners and plugs made of metal, plastic, wood or other non-edible materials, or plastic products made to resemble worms, eggs, fish or other aquatic organisms. Artificial flies includes flies, streamers, jigs, or poppers tied from such materials as thread, feathers, hair or tinsel. Artificial flies and lures do not include living or dead organisms or edible parts thereof, natural or prepared organic food stuffs, or chemical attractants, regardless if the chemical attractant is added in the manufacturing process or applied afterward.
(b) "Aquaria" means any enclosures used to contain organisms that prevent escape. Aquaria shall have a closed system of water circulation with no risk of contacting the surface waters of this state.
(c) "Artificial Light" means any man-made light or lighting device.
(d) "Bait" means living or dead organisms or edible parts thereof, natural or prepared organic food, and chemical attractants used in the taking of fish.
(e) "Baitfish" means nongame fish not designated as aquatic invasive species that were collected or purchased for use as bait.
(f) "Business Establishment" means a single business location with an associated physical address designated on the live baitfish dealer's license.
(g) "Commercially Produced Live Baitfish" means adult fathead minnows that were propagated and reared in a Department approved private fish hatchery.
(h) "Creel Limit" means the total number of game fish a person may harvest and reduce to possession during any one (1) day regardless of the method or methods of harvest.
(i) "Dates" means the dates mentioned are inclusive.
(j) "Day" means calendar day.
(k) "Drainage" means the river or stream proper and the area of land, including all streams and standing waters, that drains into that river or stream.
(l) "Fishing Contest" means any event for catching fish on waters of this state, excluding licensed fishing preserves or hatchery catch out ponds, where an entry or participation fee is charged and fifty (50) or more adult (18 years of age or older) anglers participate on a given date.
(m) "Fishing Contest Permit" means a document issued by the Department that grants the permittee authorization to conduct a fishing contest.
(n) "Game Fish", unless otherwise provided for specific waters or drainages, means:
(o) "Lake" means a body of standing water in a depression of land and includes reservoirs, ponds (excluding ponds created by beavers) and gravel and mining pits.
(p) "Live Baitfish Dealer" means a person licensed by the Department to sell live baitfish.
(q) "Live Baitfish Dealer of Record" means the designated individual legally accountable for all aspects of the live baitfish dealer.
(r) "Length" means the total length of a fish in inches, as measured in a straight line along a flat surface, from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail.
(s) "Nongame Fish" means all fish not defined as game fish or aquatic invasive species, including baitfish.
(t) "Possession Limit" means the maximum number of game fish that may legally be in possession at any time and in any form. Game fish in transit or storage, including home or domicile, shall be considered in possession. Possession limits apply regardless of how many days an angler has fished.
(u) "Special Fishing Contest Provision" means a provision promulgated for exclusion of fishing contests from specific waters.
(v) "Special Winter Ice Fishing Provision" means a provision promulgated for the ice covered period for specific waters.
(w) "Stream" means water in a permanent bed or channel with a current that is usually continuous in one direction and includes creeks, rivers, irrigation ditches, drains, canals, sloughs and ponds created by beavers. Streams may not flow continuously during low-flow periods. Ponds or puddles in a stream channel during low flow periods shall be considered to be a stream.
(x) "Trout bead" means a bead constructed from any non-edible material to resemble a trout egg that is fished on a line or leader above a hook or artificial fly. Beads associated with spinners, bait harnesses and other types of artificial lures are not considered trout beads.
(y) "Wild Caught Live Baitfish Possession Area" means the specific locations in Area 2, 3 or 5 where wild caught live baitfish may be possessed regardless of whether they were captured by a seining license holder or obtained from a live baitfish dealer.
040-46 Wyo. Code R. § 46-2
Amended, Eff. 9/6/2016.
Amended, Eff. 8/15/2018.